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Hello everyone.
I posted this question before, but decided to try again.
Has anybody used Dr. Navarro's test to monitor response of the body to a particular cancer protocol?

I considered it for my husband, and then the guidance came to watch for improvements in symptoms, etc. Keep up the protocol until you are better. It think it was better for us to trust that...and not a number so much.

Thank you, Maria Luisa
We are not dealing with a lot of symptoms and Navarro's test is the only thing that can show us whether we are moving in the right direction.
But even that sometimes cannot be very reliable as the numbers apparently can go higher temporarily when the patien is improving and the body is actually is in the healing mode.

Right, and that can drive you bonkers...
But I think if you don't test too often it can be a good guide. If you use it - test now, and then test again in a few months. If you don't mind saying, what type of cancer is it?

Maria Luisa,
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Never heard of this before Veronika - thanks for the heads up on this.

Info:
It is a test for the hCG hormone as detailed by Dr. Navarro

hCG - human chorionic gonadotropin

Medical Def:

Human choriogonadotropic hormone A dimeric glycoprotein hormone synthesized and secreted by the placenta composed of a 92 amino acid α subunit similar to pituitary hormones–TSH, FSH and LH, and a unique 145 amino acid β-subunit linked to lactose and hexosamine that is produced by the syncytiotrophoblast; the β subunit is an early marker for pregnancy; in the fetal liver and kidney, and certain tumors; hCG is released in a pulsatile fashion in normal pregnancy, peaks at the 10th gestational wk with serum levels of 50-140 000 IU/L, later falling to 10-50 000 IU/L2; hCG may be low to undetectable in ectopic pregnancy or ↑↑ ↑ in multiple gestation, polyhydramnios, eclampsia, erythroblastosis fetalis or trophoblastic disease–eg, hydatidiform mole, choriocarcinoma and placental site trophoblastic tumor.

From Dr. Navarro's web page: -

Developed in the late 1950s, by the renowned oncologist, the late Dr. Manuel D. Navarro, the test detects the presence of cancer cells even before signs or symptoms develop. Dr. Navarro found HCG to be present in all types of cancers. The test is based on a theory proposed by Howard Beard and other researchers who contend that cancer is related to a misplaced trophoblastic cell that become malignant in a manner similar to pregnancy in that they both secrete HCG. As a consequence, a measure of the amount of HCG found in the blood or urine is also a measure of the degree of malignancy. The higher the number, the greater is the severity of cancer.

Urine, as opposed to blood or serum, is the preferred specimen for the test. In 1980, Papapetrou and co-authors reported the correctness of the urine specimen to be used in HCG Immunoassay. In 32 proven cancer cases, the immunoassay test gave 31 positive results using urine while only 12 positive results were reported using blood. HCG has been found to undergo glycosylation in the liver as it travels in the hepatic circulation. Thus, the HCG molecule cannot be detected. The molecule does not undergo this process in the kidney and therefore the molecule remains intact in the urine.

The test detects the presence of brain cancer as early as early as 29 months before symptoms appear; 27 months for fibro sarcoma of the abdomen; 24 months for skin cancer; 12 months for cancer of the bones (metastasis from the breast extirpated 2 years earlier).

The Navarro Medical Clinic has been performing the HCG test for cancer for many years and continues to offer this service under the direction of Dr. Efren Navarro. Dr. Efren Navarro, the son of the late Dr. Manuel D Navarro is a graduate of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Santo Thomas, School of Medicine and Surgery, Manila Philippines. He finished his residency in Pathology at Mercy Hospital Medical Center in Chicago. In 1994 he became a Hematopathology Fellow at the University of Illinois, Chicago. In 1996, he returned to the Philippines to continue the work of his famous oncologist father, Manuel Navarro, M.D.

Currently, many cancer patients take advantage of the diagnostic accuracy of the HCG test as an indicator of the effectiveness of their specific mode of therapy. Thousands of cancer survivors have used this test over the years to keep track of their treatment(s) success and check on the status of their remission. Patients follow a simple direction for preparing a dry extract from the urine sample. The powdery extract is mailed to the Navarro Medical Clinic where the HCG testing is performed.

Link: navarromedicalclinic.com/

Will be looking into this a bit more, but not aware of any local clinics doing this in my area....

Found an interesting comment at Curezone on your question Veronika:

"One of the reasons it is not used more widely here in the US is that these tests are so sensitive that they can detect cancers long before they are large enough to be detected by any other means."

I.e., such capabilities are bad for "business"? Or is it that this kind of sensitivity in a test will lead to over-treatment?

First of all the medical establishment will not believe in it. They think they have the most sensitive testing equipment, so they have a hard time believing that such as low tech method could outdo their expensive machinery and other tests. So when their tests cannot confirm the presence of a tumor because it is too small, but a low tech urine test can pick it up they think it is bogus.

The second part of the problem is that it is bad for business. Think about it, what is more profitable? A lumpectomy or a radical mastectomy with chemotherapy? It is simple economics. A small, early detected tumor is not going to generate the revenue of larger advanced cancer, especially if it has metastasized. I know that statement is going to open a can of worms, but it is true.

And before someone tries to argue breast exams and mammography for early detection, this is very misleading as well. How much money is generated by biopsing suspicious lumps? These kind of biopsies are not necessary in the majority of cases. Breast cancer tends to be one of the slowest growing cancers in the body. The reason is the low blood supply in the area to allow angiogenesis to increase the growth rate as with most other cancers. For this reason breast cancer can take up to 10 years to grow to a detectable size. Therefore, suspicious lumps should be monitored closely for growth rather than immediately biopsied as most lumps are benign fibroids, cysts or calcifications.

Furthermore, why are they even doing biopsies, which spread cancer cells rather than non-invasive tests that do not spread the cancer cells, such as thermography? Granted it is more expensive, but again this is more incentive to wait and watch the lump. Or come up with less expensive smaller versions. Do people realize that we are being outdone by the ancient Greeks in this matter. Yep, the ancient Greeks would apply wet mud to peoples bodies and look for areas where the mud dried faster than normal as a means to detect cancer. Cancer cells have a higher metabolism, which generates more heat, and they cannot expel heat as easily, which is why radiofrequency has been used to cook tumors since the 60s, but not in the US.

Finally, back about 30 years ago I saw a new mammogram that produced an image that was so sharp that it put today's imagery to shame. I was told that there was no radiation involved, but rather they used an electrostatic discharge through the breast that would hit a plate on the other side. A paper was attached to the plate, not sure if before or after, then treated with a very fine blue powder like the graphite used to dust for fingerprints. The charged areas would attract the powder forming a perfect image of the breast and all of its structures. It was nothing like a conventional mammogram, which can be blurry and hard to read. This was like someone drawing a clear and crisp picture for a medical text. You could make out all the ducts, glands, etc. You would be able to spot a tumor even a millimeter in size. That was the last one and only time I ever saw that technology. I have always felt that it was suppressed for the same reason. Small tumors are not profitable enough.

Link: curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1440801#i


So a Hmmmmm?

Another example of disregard by the MED Industry?

Note: A test kit, which includes everything you need to do the Navarro Urine Test, is available at this website:

Joe Ball Company (Use: "HCG Cancer Test Kit")